Two to honor

Stephen Luckey and Earl Hulihan Jr. received the East Stroudsburg University Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award during the annual Alumni Awards and Reunion Banquet.

Stephen Luckey and Earl Hulihan Jr. received the East Stroudsburg University Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award during the annual Alumni Awards and Reunion Banquet.

The Distinguished Alumni Award honors an alumna or alumnus whose exceptional achievements, experiences or contributions in a field or profession are distinguished on the national or international level.

The recipients possess the highest standards of integrity and character to positively reflect and enhance the prestige of the university. This award is the highest honor an ESU graduate can receive.

Class of 1962

Immediately following college graduation, Luckey joined the U.S. Marine Corps, where he led a decorated military career flying combat missions in Southeast Asia and duty as a Marine attack pilot.

He served with various U.S. Special Forces units, the Korean Marines, Army of Vietnam, and other SpecOps units, including the elite U.S. Air Force Air Commandos.

Luckey saw extensive combat duty as a special operations commander and received the Bronze Star medal with Combat "V," four Air Medals and other decorations. He is a graduate of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam Psychological Warfare School and is a qualified nuclear weapons delivery specialist and weapons courier.

Luckey's background also includes a 33-year commercial aviation career from which he retired as a 747-400 captain from Northwest Airlines during which he served as chairman of the Air Line Pilots Association National Security Committee for 11 years and as special security adviser to the ALPA president.

The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks prompted Luckey's founding of Jetana LLC, an international security consulting company. Luckey serves as executive president, overseeing international security operations in both the U.S. and Canada, consulting for both the government and major corporations in the development of classified security and counter-terrorism projects for the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other high-level organizations.

Luckey played an instrumental role in securing Congress' approval for the origination of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program. In 2003, Luckey served as both a participant and official observer in the first class of armed pilots trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in the initial controversial and highly successful program that has been recognized by the Transportation Security Administration to be one of the most effective deterrents against terrorist hijacking of commercial aircraft.

Luckey has been active in numerous anti-terrorist training schools, also founding the International Aviation Security Academy, and has trained with the FBI in aircraft-related SWAT procedures. A sworn deputy sheriff in the state of Minnesota, he is a graduate of the Federal Airport Law Enforcement and Security School and the Tactical Explosive Entry School.

He works regularly with government and local law enforcement to improve tactical procedures and coordination between airlines and law enforcement in the event of a terrorist attack, hijacking or other crime on aircrafts.

As an internationally recognized authority on crimes aboard aircrafts, Luckey presents to law enforcement and government organizations throughout the world and has appeared on "Good Morning America," "20/20," "Inside Edition," "60 Minutes" and "America's Most Wanted." Luckey's articles have been published in several books and periodicals and his commentaries have appeared in hundreds of news publications both in the U.S. and abroad.

Luckey received the Federal Aviation Administration's prestigious Associate Administrator's Award for Civil Aviation Security. In 2011, he was honored as the third recipient of ALPA's David L. Behncke Aviation Lifetime Achievement Award.

He serves as vice president of Research and Development for New Evolution Military Ordnance, a Montana-based firearms manufacturing company that makes advanced weapons for the military, law enforcement and the civilian firearm's markets. Luckey lives with his wife, Jeannie, in northwestern Montana near Glacier National Park.

Class of 1971;

master's degree, 1981

Since graduating from college, Hulihan has spent most of his career in medicine and the global food and drug regulatory environment, primarily in the areas of regulatory affairs and compliance, and drug development and clinical research.

During the early 1970s, he collaborated with one of the fathers of sports medicine, Dr. Hans Kraus, in the development of a new global clinical program for the prevention and treatment of back ache, stress and tension.

He also collaborated in developing the infrastructure and program, and building for the growth of Special Olympics into an internationally recognized program for people with intellectual disabilities.

In appreciation, the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation acknowledged Hulihan with a special award. He has also achieved significant honors from other international organizations including the American Heart Association's Distinguished Honors Award and the Drug Information Association's highest honor, the Distinguished Service and Founders Service Award.

In 2012, Hulihan launched his own consulting firm, ew hulihan and associates, and has proven to be a leading global provider of advice and consultation for the pharmaceutical, biotech and device regulated industry.

Prior to establishing his own firm, Hulihan served most recently as senior vice president of regulatory affairs and consulting services at Medidata Solutions Worldwide and vice president for quality systems at EduQuest, both internationally recognized pharmaceutical consulting firms.

Prior to entering the regulatory domain, Hulihan held several positions in clinical medicine and clinical research at The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey where his areas of involvement included cardiovascular, pulmonary and endocrine areas of medicine as well as psychiatry. He has been active in medicine and the pharmaceutical industry and is often called upon to speak and serve as chair at many international conferences.

Hulihan provides advice and training to regulatory authorities within the North American, Latin American, European and Asia Pacific communities and serves as an associate professor with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a visiting professor with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China and a professor with the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration's Institute of Executive Development. Hulihan is the first westerner ever appointed to a professorship at either SUTCM or the SFDA Institute.

His public sector volunteer activities have included leadership roles in the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union and the Drug Information Association; board membership with the U.S. Olympic committee, the American Heart Association, the ESU Computer School's Board of Visitors, and the Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm Association. Additionally, Hulihan is a contributing author to several textbooks and also has authored numerous journal articles during his career.

Hulihan lives in Bangor with his wife, Donna. They have two children, son Christian (ESU class of '95) and daughter Meghan.

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